Broncos' 'Vonny' Miller his own shoe line backer

Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller will now be called Vonny Football by coach John Fox.

Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, a Texas A&M alumnus, wanted badly to fly to Texas to watch the Aggies and quarterback "Johnny Football" Manziel beat Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl last week, but coach John Fox wouldn't let him out of a team weightlifting session.

Perhaps as consolation, Fox gave Miller a new nickname.

" 'I'm going to call you Vonny Football instead of Johnny Football,' " Miller said Fox told him. "So I just ran with it."

Maybe he'll run with it in his new custom-made adidas shoes. Miller tested the shoes, a high-top version of the five-star cleats he used to wear, at practice this week and plans to wear them in Saturday's game against Baltimore.

Noting that the white cleats are pretty narrow, Miller said: "Deer have narrow feet, too. You can't have big, wide feet and run fast."

He has big plans for his footwear line.

"I'm hoping it will be in high schools all across America, but 'Von Miller' doesn't sound as good as 'd. Rose,' " he said of Derrick Rose's line of adidas basketball shoes.